Encyclopedias & Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 83) ambuprasāda, m. or ambuprasādana, n. the clearing nut tree, Strychnos Potatorum (the nuts of this plant are generally used in India for purifying water [cf. Mn. vi, 67]; they are rubbed upon the inner surface of a vessel, and so precipitate the impurities of the fluid it contains). Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 246) kataka, m. Strychnos Potatorum or the clearing nut plant (its seeds rubbed upon the inside of water-jars precipitate the earthy particles in the water W.), Mn. vi, 67; Suśr.; N. of a commentator on the Rāmāyaṇa.
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